GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A 21-year-old Gainesville man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say he pointed a firearm at a stranger who had answered his own front door, according to a Gainesville Police Department report cited by the Alachua Chronicle on November 14, 2026.

Source: Alachua Chronicle, citing Gainesville Police Department

The accused is Vontez Robert McGlorthon, 21, of Gainesville. Police say the encounter happened at about 8:50 a.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2026, at the victim's home in Gainesville, in Alachua County, Florida. The charge is an allegation: McGlorthon is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in a court of law.

A knock at the door, then a confrontation outside

According to the police officer's report, McGlorthon went to the victim's front door that morning and said he was looking for a family member. The victim told police he said he did not know the family member McGlorthon named, and then closed the door.

The victim said he went out to his vehicle a short time later, and McGlorthon approached him again, upset that the victim had closed the door. The victim said McGlorthon pulled a firearm from his waistband, pulled the slide back, and pointed the firearm at him. The victim said he was in fear that McGlorthon would shoot him, and said he did not know McGlorthon at all.

A stranger encounter

On the victim's account, the two men did not know each other. The visit, he said, was about a family member he did not know — and the confrontation began only after he closed his door and later stepped out to his vehicle.

What the accused told police

After being read his Miranda rights, McGlorthon reportedly told the officer he had gone to the victim's door to look for his family member. He said he had a firearm, but he denied drawing it, according to the report. A loaded firearm was reportedly found in McGlorthon's vehicle.

What is solid

  • McGlorthon, 21, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, per the Gainesville Police Department report and the Alachua County jail booking log for November 13, which lists the charge as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
  • Judge Julie Johnson set bail at $20,000 on the new charge.
  • A loaded firearm was reportedly found in McGlorthon's vehicle, according to the police report.

What is only claimed

  • Whether McGlorthon drew and pointed the firearm: the victim says he pulled it from his waistband, racked the slide and pointed it at him; McGlorthon told police he had a firearm but denied drawing it.
$20,000Bail set by Judge Julie Johnson
21Age of the accused
8:50 a.m.Time of the Nov. 13 encounter, per Gainesville police

His record, and an earlier case that was dropped

McGlorthon has no criminal convictions, according to the Chronicle's report. He was arrested in 2025 for allegedly hitting his girlfriend and trying to take her phone, but that case was dropped after the victim did not respond to a subpoena and efforts to serve her with an order to appear were unsuccessful. That earlier arrest is an allegation that did not result in a conviction.

What happens next

The new charge now moves through the Alachua County court system, where prosecutors will decide how to proceed on the aggravated assault count and McGlorthon will have the opportunity to answer the allegation in court. The reports published so far do not list a next court date. Anyone charged in Florida is presumed innocent, and the police account in this case — including the victim's description of the firearm being pointed at him — has not been tested in court.